I think you would be quite upset,
And feel your brain a-whirl,
If you were not “Matilda Ann,”
But just “a little girl”!
—Alice W. Rollins, in the Independent.
SNOWY HERON
VI
FEATHERS AND HATS
The White Heron
“Perhaps the boys may not be interested in hearing about feathers and hats,” said Gray Lady, “but the two birds whose pictures you see here are very interesting in themselves; and it is well that both boys and girls should realize all the different reasons why some kinds of birds have been growing fewer and fewer, until it is necessary to take active measures for their protection.